id: 112858 accession number: 1931.451 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.451 updated: 2023-03-25 11:14:21.848000 Shri Raga, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 34.4 x 22.5 cm (13 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.); overall: 38 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1931.451 title: Shri Raga title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1695 creation date earliest: 1690 creation date latest: 1700 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar technique: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 34.4 x 22.5 cm (13 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Overall: 38 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: on verso: Shri translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art opening date: 1945-10-02T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 1945-February 4, 1946). title: Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India opening date: 1947-04-01T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-June 2, 1947). title: India's Art opening date: 1949-12-02T05:00:00 India's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950). title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00 Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996). title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017 opening date: 2017-04-10T04:00:00 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Rajput Painting. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961). * Main gallery rotation (gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015-April 4, 2016). --- PROVENANCE Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1931 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1931- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This painting is from an important series made at a turning point in the history of court painting at the Rajput kingdom of Mewar. For the first time, a royal patron, Amar Singh II (r. 1698–1710), even before his accession to the throne, decided to incorporate Mughal elements into secular art, as seen in the white domed architecture and interest in conveying some sense of spatial depth. Nevertheless, the artist still adheres to the use of horizontal registers and bold planes of color. The codified iconography of Shri Raga involves a royal couple listening to recitations: Splendidly enthroned of peerless beauty and lovely as the autumn moon, he sits hearing stories from Narada and Tumvara. By the great sages he is called Shri Raga King. Amar Singh has playfully substituted his own portrait for that of the generic king, and a woman for that of the sage. In music, Shri Raga is associated with the season of autumn and the harvest festivals, here evoked by the dancing female musicians in the lower register. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 768 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n138 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 238 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n262 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 238 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n262 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 306 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n326 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.451/1931.451_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.451/1931.451_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.451/1931.451_full.tif